Image

Joachim Jan Oortman

Portrait de René Descartes

Description

Maker

Joachim Jan Oortman (Dutch, 1777 - 1818)
Claude Francois Girod-Lambert (French, active 1771 - d. 1815), designer
After Frans Hals

Title

Portrait de René Descartes
from the album, Painters' Etchings Illustrated; an English album of original prints assembled in the 19th century
Galerie Napoléon

Year

ca. 1804-1815

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

engraving

Supports

Dimensions

15.7 x 11.2 cm (6 3/16 x 4 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered above image, UL: "No. 653"; UC: "F. Hals"; and UR: "Ecole Flam.de"; with scratched letters below image, LR: "gravé par Oortman"

Identification

State

Scratched-letter state

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.1158.61

Type

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Tombstone

Joachim Jan Oortman (Dutch, 1777 - 1818)
Claude Francois Girod-Lambert (French, active 1771 - d. 1815), designer
After Frans Hals
Portrait de René Descartes; from the album, Painters' Etchings Illustrated; an English album of original prints assembled in the 19th century; Galerie Napoléon, ca. 1804-1815
engraving; etching
15.7 x 11.2 cm (6 3/16 x 4 7/16 inches)
Gift of the Fazzano Brothers 84.198.1158.61

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